Art + Design

Designers create the look and feel of just about everything we use, inhabit, watch, read and buy. Artists and art historians reframe the ways that we view and interact with the world.

Designers create the look and feel of just about everything we use, inhabit, watch, read and buy. Artists and art historians reframe the ways that we view and interact with the world.

As a Columbia College Art + Design student, you will prepare for a multifaceted career in advertising art direction, art history, fine arts, graphic design, product design, illustration or interior architecture.

Interdisciplinary coursework, entrepreneurial thinking and collaboration are all part of the Columbia experience. You’ll develop an aesthetic and critical sense and solve design challenges with guidance from our outstanding faculty, access to learning materials and specialized instruction in emerging technologies.

You’ll be part of a diverse and dynamic student body in Chicago, an extraordinary city in the history of design. At Columbia, you’ll build the portfolio and contacts you’ll need to be job ready at graduation.

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For this series of informal gallery talks, Chicago artists and authors are invited to reflect on how this modern master influences their own work. Presented by Columbia College Chicago in collaboration with the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events as part of the ongoing city-wide cultural program, The Art of Archibald...Get the details

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